Mop-wringer.



C. B. BUSHNELL.

MOP WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED nEc.3.1s |s.

A} 1,179,694. Patented Apr. 18,1916.

WITN ESSES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIGE.

CHARLES IB. BUSHNELL, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

MOP-WRINGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 3, 1915. Serial No. 64,886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. BUSH- NELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Mop-Wringers, of which the following is a speci-. fication.

My invention relates to wringers and'more particularly to a mop wringer.

The primary object of my invention resides in the provision of a novelwringer means for association with 'a receptacle, the wringer meansbeing actuatable after a mop has been placed therebetween, toefficiently wring the mop, novel guarding means being associated withthe wringer means for preventing the mop from clogging between the endsof the wringer means, including the rollers and the guide bars and thusprevents the mop from sticking and tearing and also more or lessinterfering with the efiicient wringing of the mop.

Another object of my invention resides in the provision of improvedbrackets for slidably mounting the wringing rollers, the bracketsserving to guide the rollers during the operation and also beingformedso that the guarding means are readily provided.

A still further object of my invention resides in the provision of adevice of the character described that is simple in construction,eflicient in operation, and. one that can be manufactured and placedupon the market at a minimum cost.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scopeof my invention will be more readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the claim forming a part of this specification.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the brackets;Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my invention associated with a receptacle;and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a receptacle showing myinvention asociated therewith and illustrating to advantage the novelmanner of positioning the wringer rollers and the formation of theguarding means.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which similar referencenumerals designate like and corresponding parts throughout the differentviews, I provide a receptacle, to the inner sides of which extend myimproved brackets 2. Each of these brackets consists of an elongatedbody 3 having an elongated longitudinal guiding slot 4: therein forapurpose to be hereinafter described. The ends of the brackets are bentangularly to provide securing ears 5. The ears are in turn provided withopenings 6 for receiving suitablev fastening devices 7, the latterserving to rigidly yet removably connect the brackets at opposite pointsof the inner periphery of the receptacle adjacent the upper edgethereof. Each of the brackets is offset adjacent one terminal to providearcuate shoulders7, while ears 8 having openings 9 therein extend fromthe top and bottom edges thereof. A brace 10 is formed. integral withthe lower edge of each of the brackets and also integral with the lowerear or extension 8. A lateral flange 11 extends from the lower edge ofeachbrace and serves as a guard in a manner to be hereinafter described.The flanges or guards 11 are arranged in a plane at an acute angle tothe plane of the lower edge of the bodies-3 as illustrated to advantagein. Fig. 3 of the drawings. Wringing rollers Patented Apr. 1a, 1916.

12 are interposed between the brackets and I have their reduced endsrotatably mounted, in the openings 9 in the ears 8, said rollers,

being positioned directly above each other Another roller 13 has therespective ends thereof arranged in the slots 4. A yoke 1A has outwardlybent arms 15 arranged in close relation with the outer sides of thebrackets and connected to the projecting reduced ends of the roller 13.The crown portion 16 of the yoke is bent outwardly and is pivotallyconnected through the medium of a suitable pin 17 to one end of a lever18, the opposite end of which lever is fulcrumed through the medium of apin 19 to an ear 20 on a base plate 21, the latter being rigidlyconnected to the lower outer surface of the receptacle through themedium of a suitable fastening device 22. A foot lever 23 has the innerend thereof pivotally connected to an ear 24 on the base plate throughthe medium of a suitable fastening device preferably a pin 25. Links 26have the respective ends thereof pivoted upon opposite sides andintermediate the ends of the levers 18 and 23. To normally hold theroller 13 at the outer end of the slots 4 in a position so that a mopcan be readily placed between the rollers 12 and '13, I havelprovidedasubthe links.

stantially U-shaped spring 27 the Vertex of which bears againstv thelinks 26 while the arms are arranged in straddled relation-with thereofwhile the extreme outer ends are rigidly connected to the base plate asillustrated by the numeral 29. 1

The operation of my invention is as follows: A mop is placed between therollers 12 and 13 and the foot leveris pushed downwardly which causesfthQlll'lkS to pull the upper end of the lever .18 outwardly and theroller 13 and relieve the strain from the reduced ends. While the roller13 is clamping the mop, the guards 11 serve to guide the mop towardtheintermediate portions of the rollers and prevent'the mop fromclogging between the ends of the-rollers and. the guide bars, whichusually causes the mop to stick and to tear, the'guards thereby serving7 to aid in the efficient'wringing'of the mop. Of course, after the mophas been clamped,

by pulling upwardly between the' rollers, it

will be wrung whereupon the foot lever 23 can be released to allow thespring to return the roller 13 to its clamped position so that anothermop can be subsequently wrung. I

Although I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of -myinvention, I

- desire it to be understood that I am not to be limited to the-exactdetails'showrn'however, I desire that great-stress be laid upon thearrangementv of the novel brackets for mounting and guiding the wringingrollers Coils 28 are formed in theflarmsj of the spring 27 adjacent theinner ends During this movement, the

as well as the guards formed when the brackets are cast.-

nection with the accompanying drawings, it can be easily seen that Ihave provided a device that is simple in construction, containing but afew simple parts that can be cheaply manufactured and assembled and Fromthe above description taken in conwhen assembled can be placed upon themarket and sold at a minimum cost.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanyingdrawings'comprehend only the general embodiment of my invention and thatvarious minor changes in detail of construction,proportion andarran'gement of the parts may be made within the scope of the appendedclaim and without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and; desire to secur by Letters Patent, is

. The combination with a receptacle, of slotted brackets secured to andextending across the receptacle, shoulders providedon i said brackets,laterally extending flanges formed on the brackets and serving as mopguides, relatively fixed'rollers journaled in the brackets andarranged'one above the CHARLES B. BUSHNELL.

Witnesses V V F. LAMBERT, C. S. WILLIAMS.

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' Washington, D; .0.

